The Legal Status of a Scientist As a Factor in the Scientific and Technological Development of Russia
Research Article
Acknowledgments
The study was supported by the grant of the President of the Russian Federation for young doctors of sciences
How to Cite
Vasilev A.A., Putilo N.V. The Legal Status of a Scientist As a Factor in the Scientific and Technological Development of Russia. Science Management: Theory and Practice. 2021. Vol. 3. No. 2. P. 57-74. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/smtp.2021.3.2.3 (in Russ.).
Abstract
The article raises the problem of the legal status of a scientist as a special subject of legal relations in the field of science. The authors note the lack of unity and consistency of Russian law in the use of terms to designate persons who conduct research activities. Various terms are used in bylaws: leading scientist, young scientist, scientific and pedagogical worker, scientific worker, etc. The lack of uniformity leads to the erosion of the concept of a scientist, a researcher. The paper substantiates the thesis of the need to formalize the term “scientist” at the level of the basic law on science and innovation. The decisive criterion for qualifying a person as a scientist in the article proposes the presence of the results of scientific and (or)scientific and technical activities recognized in the established manner. This approach allows a wider range of researchers to be included in the number of scientists, who may not have documents on scientific qualifications. The article presents the classification of researchers on various grounds. Particular attention is paid to the rights and duties of scientists, there is a correlation between the growth of ethical requirements and the importance of the profession of a scientist and the level of their social and material well-being. The need to improve the status and prestige of the profession of a scientist in the Russian Federation is noted.
Keywords:
science, scientist, researcher, legal status, academic degree, academic title, freedom of scientific creativity, scientific ethics
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4. Gabov, A. V., Putilo, N. V. and Gutnikov, O. V. (2017). The Draft Federal Law on Science – a New Format of Legal Regulation of Scientific and Innovation Activities. Vestnik Permskogo Universiteta. Juridicheskie Nauki = Perm University Herald. Juridical Sciences. Issue 38. Pp. 385–399. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17072/1995-4190-2017-38-385-399 (In Russ.).
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6. Vyatkina G.O. (2019). Legal regulation of research activities of students in educational higher education organizations. The Bryansk State University Herald. No. 1. Pp. 195–201. (In Russ.).
7. Gumerov, L.A. (2018). Legal regulation of the status of subjects of scientific and technological activities. The Review of Economy, the Law and Sociology. No. 4. Рр. 127–130. (In Russ.).
8. Sokolova, T. V. (2019). Scientific Creativity as a Type of the Labor Function of Researchers. Labor law in Russia and abroad. Nо. 2. Рр. 43–45. (In Russ.).
9. Grachev, D. A. (2017). Labor contract of creative workers of research and technological organizations. Ph. D. Thesis. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow. (In Russ.).
10. Semenov, E. V., Andrichenko, L. V., Borinskaya, S. A. [et al.] Round table discussion on the project of the Federal Law on science and scientific activity (2010). Science Management: Theory and Practice. Vol. 1, No. 1. Pp. 13–50. (In Russ.).
11. Shepelev, G. V. (2020). Dynamics of scientific personnel in the transition from the USSR to the Russian Federation. Science Management: Theory and Practice. Vol. 2, No. 4. Pр. 164–187. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/smtp.2020.2.4.7 (In Russ.).
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13. Thornton, S. (2006). Karl Popper. The Problem of Demarcation. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
14. Stepin, V. S. (2000). Science and pseudoscience. Naukovedenie. No. 1. Рр. 72–81. (In Russ.).
15. UNESCO Recommendation on the Status of Scientific Researchers (1993). In: International Normative Acts of UNESCO: Conventions, agreements, protocols, recommendations, declarations. Moscow: Logos publ. (In Russ.).
16. Shugurov, M. V. (2016). International Legal Standards for Legal Status of Academic Staff. Actual problems of Russian law. No. 6 (67). Pp. 201–210. (In Russ.)
Article
Received: 22.03.2021
Accepted: 29.06.2021
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Vasilev, A. A., & Putilo, N. V. (2021). The Legal Status of a Scientist As a Factor in the Scientific and Technological Development of Russia. Science Management: Theory and Practice, 3(2), 57-74. https://doi.org/10.19181/smtp.2021.3.2.3
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Normative legal framework of science
